Managing the Burnout Burndown with Dr. Aneika Simmons
Dr. Aneika L. Simmons teaches courses about leadership, organization behavior, and human resources at Sam Houston State University. She completed her doctorate degree in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources at Texas A&M University. Prior to pursuing her PhD, Dr. Simmons worked for Accenture and Cap Gemini Ernst and Young as an information technology consultant. She also has a Masters degree in Organizational Communication from the University of Houston. She talks to Scott about burnout and the science behind managing it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2dgOfedI3A
15 Aug 201932min
The Pragmatic Programmer celebrates 20 years with Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt
Straight from the programming trenches, The Pragmatic Programmer cuts through the increasing specialization and technicalities of modern software development to examine the core process—what do you do, as an individual and as a team, if you want to create software that’s easy to work with and good for your users. Now updated after 20 years, Scott talks to Andy and Dave about this classic book! This classic title is regularly featured on software development “Top Ten” lists, and is issued by many corporations to new hires. https://pragprog.com
8 Aug 201938min
New ways to think STEM with Zyrobotic's Dr. Ayanna Howard
Dr. Howard has over 20 years of R&D experience covering a number of projects that have been supported by various agencies including: NASA, ExxonMobil, Intel, and the Grammy Foundation. She continues to produce research focused on assistive robots in the home to therapy gaming apps to remote robotic exploration of extreme environments. Scott talks to Dr. Howard about her thoughts on new ways to teach STEM and challenges our idea of what a "robot" should look like. Zyrobotics Apps on the iOS App Store http://zumolearning.com/
2 Aug 201931min
Learning about nanotechnology and molecular biology with Upulie Divisekera
Upulie Divisekera is an Australian molecular biologist and science communicator. She's the co-founder of Real Scientists, an outreach program that uses performance and writing to communicate science. She schools Scott on all things tiny - the science of nanotechnology and its applications! RealScientists How molecular motors work Upulie on Twitter
25 Jul 201932min
Creating video games with C# and Monogame with Tom Spilman
Tom Spilman is a programmer, founder, and co-owner at Sickhead Games, a Dallas-based indie game development studio, and a project lead on the MonoGame open source game framework. Scott talks to Tom about MonoGame, a free C# framework used by game developers to make games for nearly any platform! Good First Issues on MonoGame Laura Laban's MonoGame-based Infinite Flight Tom on Twitter
18 Jul 201935min
Understanding ethical debt in AI product development with Lauren Maffeo
Machine bias in artificial intelligence is a known and unavoidable problem—but it is not unmanageable. Scott talks to Lauren Maffeo about practical techniques teams can use to manage priorities in AI. You can monitor your datasets throughout the product lifecycle, focus on the subject, not the context, and more. 6 steps to stop ethical debt in AI product development Lauren on Twitter
11 Jul 201930min
Burning Rocket Fuel and exploring careers in STEM with Dr. Corey Frazier
Dr. Frazier is an Engineering Manager at Intel's High Performance Computing group, and previously worked at the United Space Alliance working on 13 safe and successful Space Shuttle missions. He and Scott talk about his experience in engineering and science and what motivates him to give back. Dr. Frazier's Thesis Corey on Twitter
4 Jul 201931min
Hanselminutiae 19 with Richard Campbell
Scott and Richard Campbell talk often and when they do they think, "we should have recorded this!" Hanselminutiae are those shows! In this episode they talk about the PyPortal from AdaFruit, rewiring your house for ethernet, how .NET transformed itself, and more!
27 Jun 201933min
